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hi I'm David Connolly executive editor for cnet.com and I'm here with the beats by dre executive headphones these are a noise cancelling model with a little bit more of a business attitude and designed to go up against something like the bose qc15 headphones that said they still do look like beats headphones but they're a little bit trimmer they also have a little bit more understated design a little cleaner look to them and what I like about them is they do seem to be better built in previous beats headphones they have a very solid feel to them they have what seems to be a sturdy metal headband they also full flat and fit into their carrying case I also like that they come with a magnetic cover for the battery compartment these do have to be turned on to be used what small gripe is that if you leave them on they do stay on so that's a bit of a problem your battery will run out it would be nice and beats had an automatic turn off function as far as other features go these have a detachable cord and you have two cords to choose from one that has an inline remote and microphone and one that is just a straight cord you will lose a little bit of quality every time you do go with a noise cancelling headphone there's a lot of digital processing that goes along with that the noise cancelling is certainly decent with these the sound quality is also good to very good it's really a question of what you're expecting out of beats headphones these don't have as much bass as your typical beats headphones I like that they have a little bit more refined sound that's that people have high expectations for three hundred dollar headphones so you have people all over the map on how they feel about these headphones but all in all I like the sound a little bit better than what beats is typically known for aside from that the real question is should you buy these verses the bose qc15 s which also retail for the same price these are very comfortable they may not be quite as comfortable as the bows and the noise cancelling may not be quite as good but it's really a question of taste there's some people out there that don't think the bows are that great so it's a very difficult choice I would lean slightly more towards the bows as a safer choice they're slightly more comfortable a little bit lighter but these certainly aren't Proactive pair of noise cancelling headphones and yes they are expensive at three hundred dollars i'm david cone and these are the beats by dre executive headphones thanks for watching